Russian Idiom?

[TheInterocitor]

У бывшего мужа пила на бензине фирмы штиль.

Little help? "My ex-husband drank gasoline..."?

[FatAndy]

Former husband has the chainsaw on the gasoline from Shtil' company (from German Stille).

[TheInterocitor]

We can get chainsaw for $47 at Walmart, but low quality. (Made in China)

[Benedikt]

Former husband has the chainsaw on the gasoline from Shtil' company (from German Stille).

sorry to contradict you Andy. STIHL has nothing to do with Stille ( quietness) but it was the name of the founder https://www.stihl.co.za/history.aspx

[TheInterocitor]

sorry to contradict you Andy. STIHL has nothing to do with Stille ( quietness) but it was the name of the founder https://www.stihl.co.za/history.aspx

But the Russian phrase means it is a "gasoline-powered Stihl chainsaw", correct?

[FatAndy]

No. The prase shows gasoline from this company, quite strange. Could you send the bigger piece of surrounding text, to understand the context?

sorry to contradict you Andy. STIHL has nothing to do with Stille ( quietness) but it was the name of the founder https://www.stihl.co.za/history.aspx

Why contradict? I can't know all the companies producing everything. Your data are quite more probable of course.

[Hans.KK]

I can't know all the companies producing everything

As my wife will say: "Why not? you are a man, and men always think they know everything".

[TheInterocitor]

No. The prase shows gasoline from this company, quite strange. Could you send the bigger piece of surrounding text, to understand the context?

"...В лес мы ездим вдвоем, редко одна. У бывшего мужа пила на бензине фирмы штиль. Когда Коля придет из армии мы тоже купим пилу."

I had asked Luba a question about how they get the wood from the forest (the horse pulls a wagon), and how they chop it into pieces for the wood-stove.

I did not know, even in Siberia you are forbidden to chop down a tree?

[TheInterocitor]

"...В лес мы ездим вдвоем, редко одна. У бывшего мужа пила на бензине фирмы штиль. Когда Коля придет из армии мы тоже купим пилу."

I had asked Luba a question about how they get the wood from the forest (the horse pulls a wagon), and how they chop it into pieces for the wood-stove.

I did not know, even in Siberia you are forbidden to chop down a tree?

Explanation..."Да, пила работает за счет бензина. вот примерно такие популярны у нас в России, и качество нормальное и можно достать запчасти и сделать ремонт. Вторни..."

[FatAndy]

As my wife will say: "Why not? you are a man, and men always think they know everything".

Well, I try to make believe...

"...В лес мы ездим вдвоем, редко одна. У бывшего мужа пила на бензине фирмы штиль. Когда Коля придет из армии мы тоже купим пилу."

I had asked Luba a question about how they get the wood from the forest (the horse pulls a wagon), and how they chop it into pieces for the wood-stove.

I did not know, even in Siberia you are forbidden to chop down a tree?

Ok, so Ben's remark is correct, just Luba slightly mixed word order.